This image from video provided by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute shows fish and other sea life around a shipping container lost from the cargo vessel Med Taipei during a storm in ...

The average container vessel maintains around 24 knots (27.6-miles per hour). In terms of the fastest examples, the Sea-Land Galloway, a ship with a 41,127-ton capacity set a Guinness World Record ...

The prospect of a large scale return of container ships to the Red Sea following the announcement of a ceasefire between the US and Houthi militia in Yemen would flood the market with shipping ...

Singapore’s port, already one of the busiest in the world, is facing a sustained period of congestion as vessel diversions to avoid the Red Sea push more container ships to the Asian maritime hub.

Container ships are avoiding the threat of Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, The New York Times reported. Sailing around Africa extends journeys by up to 10 days and adds significant to fuel costs.

In February, nearly 200 container ships passed through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the opening at the south of the Red Sea where the Houthis have focused their attacks.

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 25, 2025, Section B, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Ships Ponder Red Sea Path If Houthis Suspend Attacks.

The fleet is expected to grow 15.6% between end 2023 and end 2025. Recycling is expected to remain low in 2024 as the Red Sea situation increases demand for ships but increase in 2025.